by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Nov 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Court of Federal claims recently found the default termination of an Army contract for repair of an Air Force runway to be “improvident” and converted the default to a termination for convenience of the Government. Alutiiq Manufacturing Contractors, LLC v. United...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
On March 31, 2019, the Defense Contract Audit Agency (“DCAA”) issued a report to Congress on its Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2018 Activities. The report is available at https://www.dcaa.mil/Content/Documents/DCAA_FY2018_Report_to_Congress.pdf. Probably the most significant...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
In early October, this blog explained that The Supreme Court recently considered the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) exemption at 5 USC § 552 (b)(4), confidential commercial information, and narrowed the basis on which an agency could withhold information . The...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently sustained a protest against a U.S. Air Force award where there was a specific material requirement for small business participation, and the awardee allowed a large business to include its overhead and profit in...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Oct 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
In a recent decision, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) confirmed the position of the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) that the Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-324 (“Act”) requires rulemaking by the SBA before the size...
